Back in October, I was working at my desk when the phone rang. "Your order arrived. And the box is making a lot of noise," he said. "You better get over here." I hopped into the car, rushed to the ...

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The author's daughter, Rosy, with two of the family chickens. Among Rosy's discoveries: "When the sun goes down, they all go up into the coop and go to bed. Nobody has to tell them it's bedtime." ...

Our correspondent decided to set up a chicken coop. The chicks grew into hens — and then one day, they made this strange and mysterious sound. I got 15 mail-order chicks. They ended up changing my ...